System Preferences

The list of disabled System Settings extensions. All other items will be enabled. When 'DisabledSystemSettings' is specified, the device ignores 'DisabledPreferencePanes' and 'EnabledPreferencePanes'. Note: A given System Settings extension can supply more than one section in System Settings; disabling such an extension disables all sections it supplies.

The list of enabled System Preferences panes.

The list of disabled System Preferences panes.

Hidden Preference Panes within the System Preferences application.

Not documented by Apple, but by entering 0 for individual System Preference pane bundle IDs, or by adding this preference and leaving the dictionary blank, it is possible to suppress the alert icon from appearing on the System Preferences app (ex. when software updates are available).

Range: Accessibility (com.apple.Accessibility-Settings.extension), AirDrop Handoff (com.apple.AirDrop-Handoff-Settings.extension), Battery (com.apple.Battery-Settings.extension), Bluetooth Settings (com.apple.BluetoothSettings), CD & DVD (com.apple.CD-DVD-Settings.extension), ClassKit (com.apple.ClassKit-Settings.extension), Classroom (com.apple.Classroom-Settings.extension), ControlCenter (com.apple.ControlCenter-Settings.extension), Date Time (com.apple.Date-Time-Settings.extension), Desktop (com.apple.Desktop-Settings.extension), Displays (com.apple.Displays-Settings.extension), Extensions Preferences (com.apple.ExtensionsPreferences), Family (com.apple.Family-Settings.extension), Focus (com.apple.Focus-Settings.extension), Game Center (com.apple.Game-Center-Settings.extension), Game Controller (com.apple.Game-Controller-Settings.extension), HeadphoneSettings (com.apple.HeadphoneSettings), Internet Accounts (com.apple.Internet-Accounts-Settings.extension), Keyboard (com.apple.Keyboard-Settings.extension), Localization (com.apple.Localization-Settings.extension), Lock Screen (com.apple.Lock-Screen-Settings.extension), LoginItems (com.apple.LoginItems-Settings.extension), Mouse (com.apple.Mouse-Settings.extension), Network (com.apple.Network-Settings.extension), Network Extension Settings UI (com.apple.NetworkExtensionSettingsUI.NESettingsUIExtension), Notifications (com.apple.Notifications-Settings.extension), Passwords (com.apple.Passwords-Settings.extension), Print & Scan (com.apple.Print-Scan-Settings.extension), Screen Time (com.apple.Screen-Time-Settings.extension), ScreenSaver (com.apple.ScreenSaver-Settings.extension), Sharing (com.apple.Sharing-Settings.extension), Siri (com.apple.Siri-Settings.extension), Software Update (com.apple.Software-Update-Settings.extension), Sound (com.apple.Sound-Settings.extension), Startup Disk (com.apple.Startup-Disk-Settings.extension), Time Machine (com.apple.Time-Machine-Settings.extension), Touch ID (com.apple.Touch-ID-Settings.extension), Trackpad (com.apple.Trackpad-Settings.extension), Transfer & Reset (com.apple.Transfer-Reset-Settings.extension), Users Groups (com.apple.Users-Groups-Settings.extension), Wallet Settings (com.apple.WalletSettingsExtension), Wallpaper (com.apple.Wallpaper-Settings.extension), Storage (com.apple.settings.Storage), Apple Account (com.apple.systempreferences.AppleIDSettings), Wi-Fi (com.apple.wifi-settings-extension)

Range: Accessibility (com.apple.preference.universalaccess), App Store (com.apple.preferences.appstore), Apple ID (com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane), Battery (com.apple.preference.battery), Bluetooth (com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth), CDs & DVDs (com.apple.preference.digihub.discs), Classroom (com.apple.ClassroomSettings), Date & Time (com.apple.preference.datetime), Desktop & Screen Saver (com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect), Displays (com.apple.preference.displays), Dock (com.apple.preference.dock), Energy Saver (com.apple.preference.energysaver), Extensions (com.apple.preferences.extensions), Family Sharing (com.apple.preferences.FamilySharingPrefPane), Fibre Channel (com.apple.prefpanel.fibrechannel), General (com.apple.preference.general), iCloud (com.apple.preferences.icloud), Ink (com.apple.preference.ink), Internet Accounts (com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts), Keyboard (com.apple.preference.keyboard), Language & Region (com.apple.Localization), Mission Control (com.apple.preference.expose), MobileMe (com.apple.preference.internet), Mouse (com.apple.preference.mouse), Network (com.apple.preference.network), Notifications (com.apple.preference.notifications), Parental Controls (com.apple.preferences.parentalcontrols), Printers & Scanners (com.apple.preference.printfax), Profiles (com.apple.preferences.configurationprofiles), Screentime (com.apple.preference.screentime), Security & Privacy (com.apple.preference.security), Sharing (com.apple.preferences.sharing), Sidecar (com.apple.preference.sidecar), Siri (com.apple.preference.speech), Software Update (com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate), Sound (com.apple.preference.sound), Spotlight (com.apple.preference.spotlight), Startup Disk (com.apple.preference.startupdisk), Time Machine (com.apple.prefs.backup), Touch ID (com.apple.preferences.password), Trackpad (com.apple.preference.trackpad), Users & Groups (com.apple.preferences.users), Wallet & Apple Pay (com.apple.preferences.wallet), Xsan (com.apple.Xsan), Adobe Flash (com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences), Avid Euphonix (com.euphonix.prefpanel), Blackmagic Video (com.blackmagic-design.Blackmagic-Desktop-Video), Forcepoint (com.websense.endpoint.preference), KensingtonWorks (com.kensington.trackballworks2.prefPane), MySQL (com.mysql.prefpane), Oracle Java (com.oracle.java.JavaControlPanel), SMART Board (com.smarttech.SMARTBoardPref), Swift Default Apps (cl.fail.lordkamina.SwiftDefaultApps), Tenable Nessus Agent (com.tenablesecurity.NessusAgent.Preferences), Tuxera NTFS (com.tuxera.ntfs.mac.prefpane)

Range: Accessibility (com.apple.preference.universalaccess), App Store (com.apple.preferences.appstore), Apple ID (com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane), Battery (com.apple.preference.battery), Bluetooth (com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth), CDs & DVDs (com.apple.preference.digihub.discs), Classroom (com.apple.ClassroomSettings), Date & Time (com.apple.preference.datetime), Desktop & Screen Saver (com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect), Displays (com.apple.preference.displays), Dock (com.apple.preference.dock), Energy Saver (com.apple.preference.energysaver), Extensions (com.apple.preferences.extensions), Family Sharing (com.apple.preferences.FamilySharingPrefPane), Fibre Channel (com.apple.prefpanel.fibrechannel), General (com.apple.preference.general), iCloud (com.apple.preferences.icloud), Ink (com.apple.preference.ink), Internet Accounts (com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts), Keyboard (com.apple.preference.keyboard), Language & Region (com.apple.Localization), Mission Control (com.apple.preference.expose), MobileMe (com.apple.preference.internet), Mouse (com.apple.preference.mouse), Network (com.apple.preference.network), Notifications (com.apple.preference.notifications), Parental Controls (com.apple.preferences.parentalcontrols), Printers & Scanners (com.apple.preference.printfax), Profiles (com.apple.preferences.configurationprofiles), Screentime (com.apple.preference.screentime), Security & Privacy (com.apple.preference.security), Sharing (com.apple.preferences.sharing), Sidecar (com.apple.preference.sidecar), Siri (com.apple.preference.speech), Software Update (com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate), Sound (com.apple.preference.sound), Spotlight (com.apple.preference.spotlight), Startup Disk (com.apple.preference.startupdisk), Time Machine (com.apple.prefs.backup), Touch ID (com.apple.preferences.password), Trackpad (com.apple.preference.trackpad), Users & Groups (com.apple.preferences.users), Wallet & Apple Pay (com.apple.preferences.wallet), Xsan (com.apple.Xsan), Adobe Flash (com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences), Avid Euphonix (com.euphonix.prefpanel), Blackmagic Video (com.blackmagic-design.Blackmagic-Desktop-Video), Forcepoint (com.websense.endpoint.preference), KensingtonWorks (com.kensington.trackballworks2.prefPane), MySQL (com.mysql.prefpane), Oracle Java (com.oracle.java.JavaControlPanel), SMART Board (com.smarttech.SMARTBoardPref), Swift Default Apps (cl.fail.lordkamina.SwiftDefaultApps), Tenable Nessus Agent (com.tenablesecurity.NessusAgent.Preferences), Tuxera NTFS (com.tuxera.ntfs.mac.prefpane)

Range: Accessibility (com.apple.preference.universalaccess), App Store (com.apple.preferences.appstore), Apple ID (com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane), Battery (com.apple.preference.battery), Bluetooth (com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth), CDs & DVDs (com.apple.preference.digihub.discs), Classroom (com.apple.ClassroomSettings), Date & Time (com.apple.preference.datetime), Desktop & Screen Saver (com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect), Displays (com.apple.preference.displays), Dock (com.apple.preference.dock), Energy Saver (com.apple.preference.energysaver), Extensions (com.apple.preferences.extensions), Family Sharing (com.apple.preferences.FamilySharingPrefPane), Fibre Channel (com.apple.prefpanel.fibrechannel), General (com.apple.preference.general), iCloud (com.apple.preferences.icloud), Ink (com.apple.preference.ink), Internet Accounts (com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts), Keyboard (com.apple.preference.keyboard), Language & Region (com.apple.Localization), Mission Control (com.apple.preference.expose), MobileMe (com.apple.preference.internet), Mouse (com.apple.preference.mouse), Network (com.apple.preference.network), Notifications (com.apple.preference.notifications), Parental Controls (com.apple.preferences.parentalcontrols), Printers & Scanners (com.apple.preference.printfax), Profiles (com.apple.preferences.configurationprofiles), Screentime (com.apple.preference.screentime), Security & Privacy (com.apple.preference.security), Sharing (com.apple.preferences.sharing), Sidecar (com.apple.preference.sidecar), Siri (com.apple.preference.speech), Software Update (com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate), Sound (com.apple.preference.sound), Spotlight (com.apple.preference.spotlight), Startup Disk (com.apple.preference.startupdisk), Time Machine (com.apple.prefs.backup), Touch ID (com.apple.preferences.password), Trackpad (com.apple.preference.trackpad), Users & Groups (com.apple.preferences.users), Wallet & Apple Pay (com.apple.preferences.wallet), Xsan (com.apple.Xsan), Adobe Flash (com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences), Avid Euphonix (com.euphonix.prefpanel), Blackmagic Video (com.blackmagic-design.Blackmagic-Desktop-Video), Forcepoint (com.websense.endpoint.preference), KensingtonWorks (com.kensington.trackballworks2.prefPane), MySQL (com.mysql.prefpane), Oracle Java (com.oracle.java.JavaControlPanel), SMART Board (com.smarttech.SMARTBoardPref), Swift Default Apps (cl.fail.lordkamina.SwiftDefaultApps), Tenable Nessus Agent (com.tenablesecurity.NessusAgent.Preferences), Tuxera NTFS (com.tuxera.ntfs.mac.prefpane)

Range: com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate